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July 9 in literary history
Literary history for July 9: 22 writers born and 10 writers who died from 880 to 2013. Born on this day: Rebecca Sugar, Junauda Petrus, Robert Koenig (filmmaker).
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Writers born on July 9
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Rebecca Sugar | American animator, writer and musician (born 1987) |
| 1981 | Junauda Petrus | US author, filmmaker, performance artist, and pleasure activist |
| 1975 | Robert Koenig (filmmaker) | Robert Koenig, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1966 | Gary Glasberg | American television writer and producer |
| 1957 | Tim Kring | American screenwriter & producer (born 1957) |
| 1956 | Michael Lederer | American poet |
| 1954 | Kevin O'Leary | Canadian businessman and author (born 1954) |
| 1953 | Thomas Ligotti | American horror author |
| 1945 | Dean Koontz | American writer and screenwriter (born 1945) |
| 1936 | June Jordan | American poet, essayist, playwright, feminist, bisexual activist (1936–2002) |
| 1933 | Oliver Sacks | British neurologist and writer (1933–2015) |
| 1930 | K. Balachander | Indian director and writer (1930–2014) |
| 1911 | Mervyn Peake | British author and illustrator (1911–1968) |
| 1909 | Basil Wolverton | American cartoonist |
| 1901 | Barbara Cartland | English writer and media personality (1901–2000) |
| 1867 | Georges Lecomte | French novelist and playwright |
| 1836 | Camille of Renesse-Breidbach | Belgian nobleman and author |
| 1834 | Jan Neruda | Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist, journalist and writer |
| 1775 | Matthew Gregory Lewis | English Gothic writer (1775–1818) |
| 1764 | Ann Radcliffe | English novelist (1764–1823) |
| 1721 | Johann Nikolaus Götz | German poet (1721-1781) |
| 1689 | Alexis Piron | French dramatist |
Writers who died on July 9
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Barbara Robinson (author) | American writer |
| 2010 | Jessica Anderson (writer) | Australian writer |
| 1993 | Metin Altıok | Turkish poet (1941–1993) |
| 1980 | Vinicius de Moraes | Brazilian poet and lyricist (1913–1980) |
| 1979 | Cornelia Otis Skinner | American actress and author |
| 1971 | Karl Ast | Estonian writer and politician |
| 1967 | Fatima Jinnah | Pakistani politician and author (1893–1967) |
| 1961 | Whittaker Chambers | American defected communist spy, writer, editor (1901–1961) |
| 1959 | Ferenc Talányi | Slovene writer, painter and politician |
| 880 | Ariwara no Narihira | Japanese writer, courtier and waka poet (825–880) |
Featured
Rebecca Sugar (1987) — Rebecca Sugar is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer, director, and musician.
Junauda Petrus (1981) — Junauda Juanita Petrus is an American author, filmmaker, performance artist, "pleasure activist", and Poet Laureate. Her debut novel, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, was a winner of a Coretta Scott King Honor Award.
Robert Koenig (filmmaker) (1975) — Robert "Bob" Koenig is an American film director, producer, writer and editor.
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